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The Department of Highways is investigating an accident in which a sheet of metal fell onto a car on Rama II Road, the latest of several mishaps on the under-construction route.

The Criminal Court on Wednesday denied former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra permission to leave for Dubai on Thursday for medical treatment, just three weeks before the first hearing in the lese majeste case against him.

The growing popularity of rideable suitcases with electric motors designed to get people quickly around airports and train stations has alarmed Japanese authorities following a rise in incidents of foreign visitors using them illegally on public roads.

The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) closed Thailand

A woman driver was injured when a big steel plate flew through her windscreen and cut her neck and cheek on an elevated expressway.

Ten tourists were rescued from run-off at Khao Yai National Park in Prachin Buri province on Sunday, while Trat was facing its worst flooding in three decades.

Thailand welcomed 20 million foreign tourists during the first seven months of this year, about half the total for the same period before the spread of Covid-19.

Airport lounges at the new satellite terminal at Suvarnabhumi airport remain quiet due to lack of international flights despite having been open for almost a year, an operator said.

The husband of the woman who commissioned a Chinese-language billboard advertising foreign passports for sale in Bangkok was arrested at Don Mueang airport on Wednesday.